Example sentences of "good [noun] [prep] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Your hotel , the Nirayani , is a good base from which to explore the surrounding area .
2 ‘ It was a good opportunity for us to develop the application as part of the contract . ’
3 The company has then got to say : ‘ If you want to take three months ’ holiday , good luck to you provided the contracted hours are worked . ’
4 Meese began the interview with his usual little speech underlining the importance of telling the truth , not putting a good spin on anything to protect the President . ’
5 But while the Suzuki may be a nimble machine , Schwantz 's 1990 Suzuki team-mate Niall Mackenzie is a good judge of what makes the Schwantz/RGV combination so rapid .
6 An electric yoghurt-maker is also a good place in which to hatch the eggs .
7 He denies his readers the pleasure of feeling superior , too : they must come to terms with Sylvia and her kind , who are not so rare as is commonly supposed , and a novel is a good place in which to begin the process .
8 They sat in a corner watching the citizens of every class and station go noisily by , eager to reserve a good place from which to watch the day 's events .
9 In 1932–3 it was extended by a further 80m and has been a popular promenade for tourists and Madeirans ever since , as well as a good place from which to observe the activity in the harbour and marina .
10 Cecil and Michael are a good point at which to resume a discussion of the new cruelty ( if only because there 's nothing chic or otherwise important to be said about either ) .
11 The basic chemical structure common to promethazine and chlorpromazine provided a good basis from which to begin the search for compounds which were better than chlorpromazine , and in the next few years many came into clinical use .
12 While there is a good chance that the disk drive will carry on working , there is also a good chance of it loosing the data .
13 They were ripe for change , and , as it happened , I could n't have chosen a better subject with which to widen the scope of the Church 's activities .
14 ( Gabbro weathers readily , forming the good soil on which grow the grapes that go into the sweet wines of Cyprus . )
15 Mummy I do n't think it 's such a good idea for me to have a wash in the morning .
16 I feel that that is a good time at which to review the implications for the future , and I very much hope that the expertise that now exists will not be lost to the industry .
17 I think that 's a good time for us to have a coffee break , yes ?
18 Provocation is a good note on which to end the book , for in a way the book is a provocation .
19 All in all , a good conclusion to a well planned and executed attack , and a good note upon which to end the exercise .
20 It involves selecting the best channels by which to ensure the movement of goods and services from their original suppliers to their eventual consumers .
21 The reply card became the basis of a mailing list for the mother when the infant was nine months , ideally the best moment in which to address the Better Shoe brand message to her .
22 And Hewlett is the one to start with , probably the best peg on which to hang a necessarily rash characterization of that literary world of late-Edwardian England which Fred Manning entered from Australia , and Pound from the United States .
23 These are not the best conditions in which to study an animal — certainly , no psychologist would dare to make assumptions about normal human abilities by studying imprisoned young orphans !
24 But methods of developing non-turf pitches that would be universally more acceptable were required , the basic premise being that the best surface on which to play the great game was , and always will be , well-maintained and -prepared natural turf .
25 ’ We 'd all like to see less and less chemicals carried on the motorways , but unfortunately , it 's a fact of life that its one of the best ways for them to get the stuff around . ’
26 His stance should be relaxed , not fixed , since an unspecialized stance provides mobility and avoids the waste of valuable reaction time involved in switching to the best stance with which to meet an oncoming attack .
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